dejected
UK/dɪˈdʒɛktəd/
dejected adjective: sad and dispirited. Also the simple past and past participle of deject.
Adjective
dejected (comparative more dejected, superlative most dejected)
- Sad and dispirited.
- He looked dejected after hearing the bad news.
- The team sat dejected in the locker room after their loss.
- Synonyms:
- dejectable, depressed, despondent, disheartened, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue, bummed out
- Antonyms:
- hopeful
Also used as
dejected is also the simple past and past participle of deject.
dejected meaning in Arabic, Persian and Vietnamese
dejected in Arabic
- sad and dispirited
- قَانِط qāniṭ, أَسْوَان ʔaswān, بَائِس bāʔis, حَزِين ḥazīn
dejected in Persian
- sad and dispirited
- نژند nežand, فگار fagâr
dejected in Vietnamese
- sad and dispirited
- chán nản
Examples of dejected in a sentence
- The search party returned dejected from the luckless search.
- They clicked some pictures outside his sea facing bungalow and left dejected again.
- Meanwhile there are rumors a dejected Takuboku is not dead but now running a burusera (used panties) fetish boutique in Shibuya.
Synonyms of dejected
- depressed
- despondent
- disheartened
- atrabiliary
- atrabilious
- blitheless
- dispirited
- blue
- bummed out
- chapfallen
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- cheerless
- chopfallen
- crestfallen
- cut up
- damp
- disgruntled
- disconsolate
- dismal
- doleful
- dolesome
- down
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- downhearted
- downsome
- dull
- elegiac
- elegious
- forlorn
- gloomy
- glum
- grief-stricken
- grieving
- heavy-hearted
- heartsore
- heartsick
- inconsolable
- infelicitous
- jawfallen
Antonyms
Forms of dejected
| comparative | more dejected |
|---|---|
| superlative | most dejected |
Origin of dejected
From deject + -ed.
Words formed from dejected
Questions about dejected
- What does dejected mean?
- Dejected means sad and dispirited.
- What is dejected in Arabic?
- Dejected in Arabic is قَانِط (qāniṭ), أَسْوَان (ʔaswān), بَائِس (bāʔis). See Dejected meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is dejected?
- Dejected is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce dejected?
- Dejected is pronounced /dɪˈdʒɛktəd/ (UK).
Words near dejected in the dictionary
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